Savanah and Diva greet each other while waiting to have their photos taken with Santa during the LaPorte County Small Animal Shelter's 21st annual Pet Photos with Santa Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 in LaPorte, Ind.

Birds eat grains in an artificial feeding point on December 22, 2012 in Corbetta, western Milan.

Sociable plovers fly in the air at the Hato La Aurora, Casanare province December 15, 2012. The Hato La Aurora private nature reserve is 17,000 hectares (42007 acres) housing more than 350 species of birds, hundreds of wild animals, including cats, pumas, tigers, and thousands of turtles. The reserve promotes conservation of all wildlife, including a safari, which attracts hundreds of local and foreign visitors each year. Picture taken December 15, 2012.

In this undated photo provided by Barbara Weekes, owner of Animal Kingdom in Bismarck, N.D., an orange tabby, rear center, is pictured before he was stolen in an overnight break-in at the pet store. Police are looking for clues in the heist. The thief broke into the store late Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, and stole only the kitten and some change from a till. Two other kittens in the same cage were left behind.

Sheeps are pictured at the Kirkjubour village on the Streymoy Island as a rainbow appears between the Hestur (L) and the Koltur (R) islands on October 16, 2012, Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands are known for its fishing and sheep farming as the main industries.

A pair of fighting cocks do battle during a cock-fight in a village in the Jalandhar district of northern Punjab state on December 13, 2012. The sport of cock-fighting, frowned upon by animal lovers, has strong supporters in the countryside of northern India.

BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 12: Zookeeper Thomas Warkentin holds a woma python from Australia during the annual animal inventory at Zoo Berlin zoo on December 12, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The zoo conducts the once-a-year inventory over a period of several months, depending on the species, to assess such factors as the state of animal colonies, the presence of foreign species and the true number of species and their members.

BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 12: Biologist Benjamin Ibler watches a school of lookdown fish swim by at the aquarium during the annual animal inventory at Zoo Berlin zoo on December 12, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The zoo conducts the once-a-year inventory over a period of several months, depending on the species, to assess such factors as the state of animal colonies, the presence of foreign species and the true number of species and their members.

picture of cattle on May 31, 2003 near to the edge of a road, 55 km (34 miles) from Presidente Epitacio village, western Brazil. China and South Africa have joined Japan in suspending imports of Brazilian beef meat over an atypical case of mad cow disease, an official source said on December 13, 2012.'We received official notification from China and South Africa announcing the decision,' said an official from the agriculture ministry who spoke on condition of anonymity. The ministry earlier this week said the case was detected in an animal that died in 2010 in the southern state of Parana and posed 'no risk whatsoever to public health or to animal hygiene.'

Indian farmer Dilbagh Singh poses with his competition turkey during the Khetri Pashudhan Championship animal fair at Vallah village on the outskirts of Amritsar on December 14, 2012. Farmers with their livestock from across India's Punjab state participated in the two-day animal fair organised by the Punjab Department of Animal Husbandry.

A man dressed in a Santa Claus costume poses with dolphins, at the animal exhibition park Marineland, on December 19, 2012 in Antibes, southeastern France.

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 12: Zeek, a male cockatoo, awaits a botox injection to treat an abdominal condition at the Animal Medical Center on December 12, 2012 in New York City. The non-profit Animal Medical Center, established in 1910, has 80 veterinarians in 17 specialty services that treat up to 40,000 animal visits annually. Clients bring in their pets from around the country and world to the teaching hospital on Manhattan's Upper East Side for specialized high tech treatment. The American Pet Products Association estimates that Americans would spend more than $50 billion on their pets in 2012, $14 billion of that in veterinary care alone.

A volunteer feeds a kitten at Oasis, a veterinary clinic, in Lima's shanty town of Villa El Salvador December 28, 2012. Veterinarians and animal activists in Villa El Salvador are promoting sterilization at very low prices to reduce the proliferation of abandoned animals on the streets.

picture of cattle along a road near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, western Brazil on January 31, 2011. China and South Africa have joined Japan in suspending imports of Brazilian beef meat over an atypical case of mad cow disease, an official source said on December 13, 2012.'We received official notification from China and South Africa announcing the decision,' said an official from the agriculture ministry who spoke on condition of anonymity. The ministry earlier this week said the case was detected in an animal that died in 2010 in the southern state of Parana and posed 'no risk whatsoever to public health or to animal hygiene.'

A chiguire (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) stands in a lagoon at sunset at the Hato La Aurora, Casanare province December 16, 2012. The Hato La Aurora private nature reserve is 17,000 hectares (42007 acres) housing more than 350 species of birds, hundreds of wild animals, including cats, pumas, tigers, and thousands of turtles. The reserve promotes conservation of all wildlife, including a safari, which attracts hundreds of local and foreign visitors each year. Picture taken December 16, 2012.

FOR USE IN WEEKEND EDITIONS DEC. 22 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 15, 2012 photo, Coco is screened to see if she can donate blood during the Las Vegas Animal Blood Bank blood drive in Las Vegas. The blood bank and United Blood Services held a joint blood drive for owners and pets.

A deer is seen during a hunting organised by ACCA's association (Les Associations Communales de Chasse Agreees) on December 16, 2012 in Les Angles, southwestern France.

In this December 19, 2012 photo "Chips" the bobcat is seen in an enclosure in Placerville, Calif. A Northern California animal rescue group is trying to help an orphaned bobcat kitten with a problem: She's too nice. The kitten was only a few weeks old when she was found in August by fire crews who battled a 75,000-acre fire in the Plumas National Forest.

Animal rights advocates with their pets join in a campaign calling the public not to use firecrackers during the New Year celebration at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center in Manila on December 29, 2012. The animal rights group called for the public to turn away from the noisy and polluting tradition of greeting the New Year with ear-splitting sounds from firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices becuse not only the humans are affected but also the animals, particularly, cats and dogs.

Researchers wait for giant panda Taotao to get into a cage, in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan province October 7, 2012. Taotao and its mother Caocao were transferred down from a 2,100-meter high mountain to Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center for a health examination and to be prepared for reintroduction to the wild. Researchers wore panda costumes to ensure that the cub's environment was devoid of human influence, according to local media. Picture taken October 7, 2012.

This photo taken on September 27, 2012 shows a 10-day-old baby elephant with its 31-year-old mother at Sarah Deu conservation response unit in Sampoiniet, Aceh Jaya. There are fewer than 3,000 Sumatran elephants remaining in the wild, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, marking a 50 percent drop in numbers since 1985.

A cowboy transports horses through of the Ariporo river at the Hato La Aurora, Casanare province December 18, 2012. The Hato La Aurora private nature reserve is 17,000 hectares (42,007 acres) housing more than 350 species of birds, hundreds of wild animals, including cats, pumas, tigers, and thousands of turtles. The reserve promotes conservation of all wildlife, including a safari, which attracts hundreds of local and foreign visitors each year. Picture taken December 18, 2012.

Water splashes thru the air as a Canada goose takes a short flight at the Dillon Nature Center pond on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, in Hutchinson, Kan.

Mediterranean bream fish (Sarpa salpa) are pictured in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Sormiou creek near Marseille in southern France, on September 7, 2012. An ivestigation by the University of British Columbia in western Canada, published by the journal Nature Climate Change, reported on September 30, 2012 that a hearty fillet of fish, already a rare treat because of over-trawled oceans, will become even more infrequent in the future when global warming starts to reduce fish size.'A warmer and less-oxygenated ocean, as predicted under climate change, would make it more difficult for bigger fish to get enough oxygen, which means they will stop growing more', according to scientist Daniel Pauly of the University of British Columbia.

A diver dressed as Santa Claus (L) from the Manly SEA LIFE Sanctuary near Sydney, swims with a Grey Nurse shark on December 14, 2012. In the lead up to Christmas the marine animals in the four million litre oceanarium, including the critically endangered Grey Nurse sharks, were treated to a feed of fish, squid, prawns and mussels.

This Dec. 21, 2012 photo shows a Malamute in Helena, Mont. Around 45-50 Malamutes will stay in Helena and adopted out while the rest will be taken to various spots around the country to be in hopes of finding forever homes.

A caterpillar makes his way on the wall of a house on October 18, 2012 in Woodland Hills, California.

A flock of migrating cranes fly over the Hula Lake Ornithology and Nature Park in northern Israel November 7, 2012. The Hula valley is a stopping point for hundreds of species of birds along their migration route between the northern and southern hemispheres.

A squirrel pauses for a scratch after chewing on a piece of bark at the Dillon Nature Center on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, in Hutchinson, Kan.

Migrating cranes fly over the Hula Lake Ornithology and Nature Park in northern Israel November 7, 2012. The Hula valley is a stopping point for hundreds of species of birds along their migration route between the northern and southern hemispheres.

Photo taken on December 22, 2011 shows a Tasmanian devil at the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney. A group of Tasmanian devils will be transferred to a small Australian island to start what is hoped will be a self-sustaining population free from the facial tumour that has devastated their species it was announced on November 14, 2012. Tasmania's Environment Minister Brian Wightman said 14 devils, carefully selected from captive breeding programmes across Australia, would be released on Maria Island, a small nature sanctuary off the state's east coast.

This photo taken on November 17, 2012 shows panda bears being fed in Chengdu Panda Valley in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province. French contestant Jerome Serge Pouille, Chinese contestant Chen Yinrong and American contestant Melissa Rose Katz, the top three winners from the Global Search for Chengdu Pambassador 2012 contest will serve as the Chengdu Pambassador for a year, taking part in a training scheme at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding before travelling around the world to all the countries and regions that have giant pandas.

Giraffes eat treats in the shape of a Christmas tree at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on December 14, 2012. In the lead up to Christmas a selection of the zoo animals were challenged with Christmas-themed environmental enrichment activities.

A diver clad in a Santa Claus outfit from the KLCC Aquaria feeds a ray inside a tank in Kuala Lumpur on December 14, 2012. Santa Claus has become a main attraction for visitors to the underwater park where he feeds fish at different hours of a day in conjunction with Christmas festivities.

A squirrel chews on corn kernels at a feeder outside the viewing room at Dobb s Park s nature center in Terre Haute Ind. Friday Dec. 21, 2012. With the snow and colder temperatures furry and feathered wildlife are coming to feeders in greater numbers.

Lance, an Aldabra Tortoise looks at a handmade Christmas tree at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on December 14, 2012. In the lead up to Christmas a selection of the zoo animals were challenged with Christmas-themed environmental enrichment activities.

A Sun Bear plays with a Christmas present at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on December 14, 2012. In the lead up to Christmas a selection of the zoo animals were challenged with Christmas-themed environmental enrichment activities.

Lance, an Aldabra Tortoise eats water melon at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on December 14, 2012. In the lead up to Christmas a selection of the zoo animals were challenged with Christmas-themed environmental enrichment activities.

A Meerkat plays with a Christmas decoration at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on December 14, 2012. In the lead up to Christmas a selection of the zoo animals were challenged with Christmas-themed environmental enrichment activities.

A wolf is pictured on November 13, 2012 at the Mercantour Park in Saint-Martin-Vesubie, southeastern France.

Onlookers watch lions eat as they drive through a nature reserve near Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012.

A lion cub sleeps at a nature reserve near Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012.

An oriental white stork spreads its wings on a box before it was released into the wild with others by its rescuers, who saved it after it was poisoned, in Tianjin, November 21, 2012. The endangered storks grabbed headlines in Chinese media recently when 20 of the birds died of poisoning in northern China. According to Xinhua News Agency, poachers poisoned the wild birds within a wetland nature reserve in north China's Tianjin Municipality, where 20 were found dead and 13 others sickened, sparking a public outcry for intensified protection of wild animals and harsher punishments for those behind the deaths of the storks.

View of remains of Olive Ridley turtles at Mismaloya beach on the Pacific coast of Jalisco State, Mexico, on December 9, 2012. According to the University of Guadalajara staff, 30 percent of the turtles that arrive to spawn to the area, are slaughtered by poachers to sell its skin and flesh.

Sable antelope lay in a field on a hot day in the Vaalkop Dam Nature Reserve near Tantanana, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012.

A giraffe grazes at the Vaalkop Dam Nature Reserve near Tantanana, South Africa, on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012.

An Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) arrives to spawn during a nesting at Mismaloya beach, in Tomatlan municipality on the Pacific coast of Jalisco State, Mexico, on December 9, 2012. According to the University of Guadalajara staff, more than 6,000 turtles are expected to arrive in the area this season.

Indonesian members of Nature Conservation Agency carry rescued green turtles (Chelonia mydas) during a release program to the beach in Sanur on Bali island on December 13, 2012. Indonesian marine police seized 33 green turtles from a traditional boat at a water sports area in Tanjung Benoa early on December 10. Indonesia, home to important migration routes at the crossroads of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, is home to six out of seven of the world's turtle species.

A fox sparrow, named for the red in its tail feathers, scratches for seeds at the Dobb s Park nature center Friday Dec. 21, 2012 in Terre Haute Ind. Park naturalist Carissa Lovett and the park welcomes donations of bagged bird seed.